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Land at Springwell Close Corfe Castle BH20 5HQ

P/TRC/2024/01889Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 May 2024

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - No Objection

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Proposal

846 Lime (located adjacent to 33-35 West Street): Crown lift over the road by 4m. 849 Ash (located adjacent to 22 Springwell Close): Reduce by 1-1.5m all round to give a finished height of 6m and spread of 4m. 839 Walnut (located adjacent to 22 Springwell Close): Reduce back from dwelling to give 1-1.5m clearance. Reduce remaining canopy by 1-1.5m all-round leaving a finished height of 9m and spread of 8m. 832 Cherry (located adjacent to 17 Springwell Close): Cut back to give 1m clearance from the dwelling. Crown lift to achieve a canopy clearance of 4m above the surface of the road, pruning back to a maximum of 500mm beyond the kerb edge to a suitable branch stop or union. 836 Sweet Gum (located adjacent to 14 Springwell Close): Crown lift to 3m. Reduce canopy by 1-1.5m all-round leaving a finished height of 11m and spread of 10m. 840 Multi stemmed Ash (located adjacent to 10 Springwell Close): Reduce by approximately 6m to leave a height of 6-7m and reduce the spread by 6-7m to leave a canopy spread or 6-7m.

Submitted
24 April 2024
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 26 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land at Springwell Close Corfe Castle BH20 5HQ. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Corfe Castle conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 postcode area.

95% of trees applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH20 5HQ
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corfe Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Lauren Comben 36 Bridus Mead Blenbury OX11 9PL

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Corfe Castle Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Number 25 and Cooper'S ShopOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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